Manage VM’s and Services across Private Clouds and Windows Azure with System Center App Controller

StephenBaronSenior Program Manager

Session Objectives and Takeaways• Session Objective(s): • Understand the benefits of App Controller• Answer your Questions

• Takeaways• Self Service for Application Owners• Single Console for VMs and Services on Public and Private

Clouds

App Controller• Component of System Center Suite• Application Focus• Supports Public and Private Clouds

System Requirements• Processor:Dual-Core 2.8 GHz (x64) or greater• RAM: 2 GB• Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP1 or earlier)• SQL Server 2008 SP2 or SQL Server 2008 R2 (SP1 or earlier)• .NET Framework 4• Web Server (IIS)• VMM 2012 Console• Computer must be a member of an Active Directory domain

Connecting to VMM Systems• App Controller admins should be VMM admins• Only VMM 2012 is supported• Two-way trust required between App Controller and

VMM• Create and configure user roles in VMM• Configure constrained delegation for single sign-on

DemoConnecting to VMM clouds

Connecting to Windows Azure Subscriptions• Create and add management certificates• Configure proxy settings

DemoConnecting to Windows Azure subscriptions

Services in VMM 2012Starting point for services and source of truthSpecifies machine and connectivity requirementsDeployed services are always linked to their templatesEnables servicing of the instances

Template

Groups of machines that work togetherIncludes machine definitions as well as applicationsNative application types:

Web Applications (WebDeploy)Virtual Applications (Server App-V Package)Database Applications (SQL DAC)

Instance

Why use Services?• Manage multi-tier applications across multiple

servers as a single unit

• Scale out based on demand

• Composibility of OS and Applications, allows users to manage fewer OS images

DemoVMM Service Templates

Customize Deployment• Prepares the template for deployment

• Specify OS settings • Computer name, Admin password etc.

• Specify Application Settings • e.g. SQL connection string

• Allows usage of same template in different environments • Development, Staging, Production etc.

DemoDeploying Services

Service Level Refresher• Service level refresher updates all of the service information• Identifies any virtual machines that have gone missing

from the service

• Service Refresher supports 2 states• OK - All the VMs are OK• Needs Attention • At least one VM has a problem of some type• VM refresher state indicates the actual problem

Service/Tier Level Actions• Service Level Actions

• Simple actions at the Service level cascade to the Virtual Machines• Start, Pause, Resume, Stop, Shutdown, Delete

• Tier Level Actions• Scale out• New Wizard enables this functionality

• VM Level Actions• Migrate VMs• Store Virtual Machines to Library• Deploy Virtual Machines from Library• Clone Virtual Machines• Create Checkpoints• Scale in

DemoManaging Services

Session Objectives and Takeaways• Session Objective(s): • Understand the benefits of App Controller• Answer your Questions

• Takeaways• Self Service for Application Owners• Single Console for VMs and Services on Public and Private

Clouds

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